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How to get access to UDW+ for Financial Reporting and Analytics
1. Register for FIN 800: UDW+ Dashboards Online Training* through iLearn. Choose the appropriate module(s) as shown below.
FIN 800: UDW+ Dashboards Online Training is composed of seven modules, each relating to a corresponding quiz. This image represents the overall course and the individual modules.
For example: If you want access to the Financial Operations Dashboard, you would go to iLearn, and register for FIN 800: UDW+ Dashboards Online Training which will lead you to the image shown to the left. From there, choose the "I manage budgets and track expenses. Required for access to the Financial Operations Dashboard" module (the top rectangle in the image above). After completing that module, you would register for FIN 801: UDW+ Financial Operations Dashboard Quiz. Upon passing the quiz with a score of 100%, you will receive an email from iLearn with instructions on requesting access to UDW+.
2. Register for and complete the appropriate quiz through iLearn. The quiz information will be provided at the end of the FIN 800: UDW+ Online Training course. You must pass with a score of 100%.
3. Upon successful completion of the quiz, you will receive a confirmation email from iLearn stating that training has been completed. Access to UDW+ will be granted within three business days.
4. Once your access has been granted, you will receive another confirmation email containing important system requirements and helpful links. You may also take advantage of additional UDW+ training course offerings.
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A Sandwich a Day: Smoked Turkey Sandwich at Maysville
A new sandwich every day.
In this great city of ours, one could eat a different sandwich every day of the year—so that's what we'll do. Here's A Sandwich a Day, our daily look at sandwiches around New York. Got a sandwich we should check out? Let us know. —The Mgmt.
Butter lettuce is the only thing on the Smoked Turkey Sandwich ($14) from Maysville chef Kyle Knall leaves as is. There are onions, but he pickles those in his own vinegary, spicy pickling liquid. Boring and bland store-bought mayo is substituted for a homemade aioli. It's fresher tasting, and the garlic provides flavor where otherwise lean turkey can't, which, as you might expect from a two-star restaurant, is smoked in-house. After being smoked whole, turkey breast is sliced paper thin and nestled onto a puffy potato roll. Salty strips of pork belly also succumb to the beauty of barbecue in Maysville's kitchen. It wasn't the crispiest bacon we've ever had, and on a sandwich as soft and delicate as this, sort of just gets in the way. Still, it's not enough to make it any less of a stellar sandwich than the much-loved pulled pork or grilled fish.
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"Rigamonti et al. Reply:", Phys. Rev. Lett., vol. 117. American Physical Society, p. 159702, 2016.,
"Estimating Excitonic Effects in the Absorption Spectra of Solids: Problems and Insight from a Guided Iteration Scheme", Phys. Rev. Lett., vol. 114. American Physical Society, p. 146402, 2015.,


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With Teeth (also known as Halo 19 or [WITH_TEETH]) is the fifth full-length studio album by Nine Inch Nails, released on May 3, 2005. It spawned three singles (The Hand That Feeds, Only and Every Day Is Exactly The Same), four tour legs, and much celebration for Trent Reznor's sobriety.
Track List
(US Version)
(European Version Bonus Track 14)
(UK Version Bonus Track 15)
(Japan Version Bonus Track 16)
12" Vinyl
A1 "All The Love In The World" - 5:15
B1 "Love Is Not Enough" - 3:41
C1 "Only" - 4:23
D1 "The Line Begins To Blur" - 3:44
Tour Edition & DualDisc
In the US, a DualDisc version of With Teeth was released. A version referred to as the 'Tour Edition' was released in the UK, with the CD and DVD as separate discs. It came in a jewel case and had the same cover art as the DualDisc.
DualDisc CD side/Tour Edition CD includes:
DualDisc DVD side/Tour Edition DVD includes:
Outtakes and PDF Poster
On a PDF poster containing lyrics and credits posted to the With Teeth site, several extra songs were alluded to but not featured on the album. All of these songs contained lyrics in some form, though they were not entirely legible. These songs are:
On May 5, 2005, in the Access section of nin.com, Reznor simply replied with "?" in response to the following fan question: "In the .pdf file for the lyrics to the With Teeth album, there are [sic] appears to be songs listed with lyrics that do not appear on the Dual Disc CD/DVD album. Those songs include "Home," "Message To No One" and "The Life You Didn't Lead". Will these songs be released ever?"
The poster was made physically available to members of The Spiral as part of the welcome package.
Definitive 2019 Edition Vinyl
A vinyl reissue campaign of the NIN catalog was begun in 2017 with three albums, and was continued in 2019 when With Teeth was released as the next installment. The item's description reads:
"At long last, the Definitive version of With Teeth, meticulously prepared by Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross and NIN art director John Crawford. Remastered in 2019 on 180-gram vinyl, with lots of details attended to that you may never notice but we care about."
This edition of the vinyl comes with a booklet containing photos and an essay about the album. It also contains the lyrics, adapted from the old PDF poster.
Instrumental Version
With Teeth Instrumental was made available on June 30th 2015 via Apple Music. It contained instrumentals of every track (except the international track "Home") with "All The Love In The World" also being an alternate version.
It was released along with The Fragile Instrumental, and is exclusive to the Apple Music platform.
The initial concept of the album was an exploration of "loss and possible discovery of self, along with alternate layers of reality and perception set inside a nightmare you can't seem to wake up from; with lots of feedback". Around this time mysterious quotes and binary codes appeared on the NIN website, including a passage from the book The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin, containing the phrase "bleed-through". The working title for With Teeth was Bleedthrough, referencing the phenomenon of audio bleed-through. In a question posted in the Access section of nin.com Reznor announced that the working title Bleedthrough had been dropped. Reznor stated that the name was changed because "it was supposed to be about different layers of reality seeping into the next, but I think some people were thinking about blood or a tampon commercial". "'Bleedthrough' is no more," Reznor wrote in a message posted on nin.com, "as the songs and concepts matured, the focus and theme of the album shifted somewhat--leaving me feeling that title was inappropriate. Or you could just say I changed my mind. Yes, the new album has a title and track list, and no I'm not telling you what it is yet".
With Teeth
Reznor commented on the change of direction for the album, stating that "About five or six songs into writing it, the songs started to sound good on their own and they didn't need this framework to work together," and that With Teeth consists of "a collection of songs that are friends with each other, but don't have to rely on each other to make sense", however, the album's narrative arc describes "a difficult journey that begins with a nightmare and ends with acceptance of a new reality."[2]
In an interview in February 2004 Reznor stated that the new material was "more song-oriented (than The Fragile). It's much more lean. It's going to be twelve good punches in the face -- no fillers, no instrumentals, just straight to the point…It's a complicated concept record, but reduced to just simple songs. It's not epic in its scope. It's minimal and a bit brutal." The album's final title may be a reference to a song of the same name by The Melvins, as Reznor is a fan.
According to a statement on nin.com, Reznor stated that producer Rick Rubin was Reznor's "mentor" and "source of inspiration" throughout the planning and writing process of the album. Reznor was also heavily inspired by the use of more analog electronic effects and instruments, specifically tape delay and modular synthesizers, stating that "computers, among other things, are ruining music these days. I hate the Pro Tooled sound of perfection and everything being 'fixed.' This record is most definitely 'un-fixed."
With Teeth, unlike most Nine Inch Nails albums, does not have a unified concept and deals with a variety of themes. Reznor wrote the album after overcoming undisclosed addictions and settling legal issues with his former manager, John A. Malm, Jr.:
"A lot of this was [about] my relationship with myself, the world at large, and where I might fit into that...Also [it's about] my relationship to a disease that's going to kill me if I don't deal with it, and I came very close to that. Hopefully disguised enough that it's not a terribly boring record about recovery and addiction and that nonsense."
Reznor seemingly gained a new awareness of world issues, and showed this by speaking out against the US Government, as well as becoming a spokesperson for PETA. Some songs seem to deal with addiction ("With Teeth", "Sunspots"), while others have a more political intent ("The Hand That Feeds", "Right Where It Belongs").
With Teeth was the only NIN album packaged without proper liner notes until the standard edition of Hesitation Marks. Lyrics as well as detailed credits for the album were only available at the album's promotional site (both onscreen and in the form of the aforementioned PDF poster.) Reznor had originally wanted to release a more lavish package for the album once the second leg of the tour had begun, but this never materialized. Lyrics were eventually included in the Definitive 2019 Vinyl edition.
In an interview with The Toronto Sun, Reznor stated his original plan:
"What do you do when you buy a record now? I either download it or, more likely, I'll immediately put the CDs I buy in my iPod and then I lose them. Artwork is disposable now. I liked albums. It was an exploratory process. I don't see that with CDs. They're junk. It feels like we should just by-pass packaging all together. If you want to, you'll be able to buy a real deluxe book that the record fits into. It's a super nice thing that will have a big essay from me and a lot of pictures. It's more of a presentation and the artwork that you have now, that maybe you didn't quite understand, you'll see how it all fits into this. You'll get it."[3]
For more information, see Live: With Teeth
The album was supported by a major tour that visited clubs, arenas and amphitheaters around the world. With Reznor clean and sober, the shows took on a somewhat new kind of atmosphere, with greater musical precision and a slightly more upbeat attitude. The amphitheater leg was a co-headlining tour with Bauhaus. The tour incorporated new visual elements, with different kinds of lighting and set design than had been used on previous tours. Portions of the tour were filmed and released as Beside You In Time on DVD, HD-DVD and Blu-ray in 2007.
All With Teeth era songs have been played live except "Sunspots", which has been played at soundchecks and rehearsals for the With Teeth Tour.
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spending freeze ending & explanation
The spending freeze is nearly done and I didn't come up with a bunch of creative alternatives to spending money because some of the required money or I ended up being busy enough that I didn't need to find projects. One thing I did do though, which probably sounds very "high school" is empty my closet and made outfits for myself.
Sometimes I just see one big blur when I go to get dressed and don't have time to try different combinations to find the right look. I already keep to somewhat of a color palette when I shop, usually keeping with black, white, grey, nudes and brown. Boring? Maybe, but it makes it easier for this busy mom to leave the house presentably.
These aren't exactly outfits as they are groups of tops and dresses but I liked the way the groups looked together. Taking everything out and looking at it from a different perspective actually makes me feel a little bit like I bought new clothes. Still, I'm glad that the no shopping rule is coming to an end.
As for the explanation...the blog has had some minor changes, new grey background and white boxes as well as an absence of a header and other personal links. For those of you who have tried to edit their own blog html on very limited knowledge, you know how time consuming it can be to change your layout. The husband and I are still on the works of getting a proper blog back up and running, but until we're finished, don't worry, I haven't gone anywhere. Seriously, I'm probably just right here at home still!
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hello!! yes, i know how hard it is to change html on very limited knowledge and yes... time consuming! still have things to work out, but i will get there as well! :) and i love those "outfits" made of shirts that look good together :) have a great weekend!!! hugs, twiggsReplyDelete
I have enjoyed reading about your spending freeze as my family is doing the same...although we are continuing through February (thankfully on a lesser scale). Definitely nice to see the savings, but I am desperately in need of a shopping fix :) anyway just wanted to say hi (i've been a blog stalker for awhile) and congratulations on making it through the month!ReplyDelete
- CallistaJanuary 27, 2011
That's not high school at all! I have thought about doing that on many occasions for exactly the reason you named; when you're trying to get out of the house in the morning, the last thing you want to do is spend a lot of time picking out an outfit. Good for you for reexamining your closet like this! You may have just provided the motivation I've needed for ages.ReplyDelete
i'm liking the new blog look! and really like these groups of colors, patterns, and textures. makes me want to go shopping :)ReplyDelete
your blog looks great...i'm impressed you tried to figure out html...i don't have the guts.ReplyDelete
we are doing a spending freeze in february, i am not looking forward to it! (although i'm sure it will be rewarding in the end.) i'll have to remember to do this with my clothes at the end of the month! :) i feel the same way - it's hard to be a mom and look stylish all the time! i especially find it hard during boise's cold winters. i'm looking forward to spring here!ReplyDelete
since i am a new mom, i also experience the "hardly no time to dress in the morning" thing. so now i end up with wearing only a few things and changing inbetween. you know - three or four outfits i know will work (also breastfeeding makes for a very limited choice on clothes) one good thing: i realise, i don't actually miss having that many clothes. a few good ones will do. so i am having a major clean out aswell. when i have a little more time on hand ;-)ReplyDelete
you inspire! i miss our chats...hopefully things will calm down soon! your blog is looking great!!ReplyDelete
have a fantastic weekend!
Your blog is looking great, and yes, is very consuming and hard to change html, my husband and I did that not so long ago with my blog and wow was very consuming, but at the end the important thing is that you can be happy with your new blog image. Also sometimes I do the same thing with my outfits so that's not high school at all : ) . Have a great weekend.ReplyDelete
congrats on finishing the freeze! i think a closet evaluation is always a good thing!ReplyDelete
and i love the design direction that the blog is taking.
happy weekend
i feel your pain with html! good luck with the redesign - i can't wait to see how it turns out! i love your groupings above. you've inspired me to clean out my closet this weekend and think up some new outfits. XOReplyDelete
oh it makes the new look even more exciting!!! i love surprises, esp from an amazing designer like you!ReplyDelete
Did you take pictures of the outfits you came up with??? That always seems to be my problem. I come up with some hot outfits, but always forget about the picture ... then months down the line when I'm looking for an outfit I say "what was it that I wore months ago that was not only sexy, but also classy ... darn! I shoulda took a picture"ReplyDelete
I do the same thing with my closet too (all the time). Especially when i don't want to go shopping for new clothes. Usually, i'll find items that i haven't worn or seen in a long time:-).ReplyDelete
Next week I'm changing around my blog header and adding some things and I'm kind of dreading it. I love the fresh look, it's just getting there that's hard. Good luck and enjoy your weekend.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 29, 2011
I just love your blog for it's different images and something new to look at. I appreciate your honesty. Maneuvering through tech stuff is daunting.ReplyDelete
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Cold weather causes bump in the road on I-94 eastbound
The extreme cold may be behind us, but the afteraffects are now being felt on Interstate 94 as drivers brace for a new bump in the road.
VIDEO: Bump causes back ups in Brookfield
Just as the cold causes water in a bottle to freeze and expand, it is also causing area bridges and roads to lift where moisture has built up.
Drivers heading east on I-94 through Brookfield will notice a new bump in the road.
"It's one of the most pronounced in the area. We have put signs up warning motorists that there's a bump ahead, and we want to remind them to slow down," Wisconsin Department of Transportation spokesman Michael Pyritz said.
Pyritz said the Brookfield Road overpass is being lifted up because of the extreme cold.
"There are a number of different things that can cause that -- the expansion, contraction, moisture getting underneath and causing lifting," Pyritz said.
The lifting is causing traffic to move at a snail's pace as each vehicle slowly braces for the bump in the road.
Traffic is backed up on I-94 near the Brookfield Road overpass, and it could stay that way for awhile since DOT workers don't know if or when repairs need to be made.
"We are expecting with the milder weather on the way that it will settle back. If it does not do so, we have plans in place to address that," Pyritz said.
Pyritz said the DOT is also preparing for other road hazards with the potential for freezing rain Friday night.
"We are going to be monitoring very closely how that affects things. With the road temperatures as cold as they are right now, any sort of liquid precipitation coming down in that manner is going to freeze up very quickly," Pyritz said.
The DOT is monitoring other road bumps throughout the region, but most of them have settled back down with the rise in temperatures.


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Lady Gaga kicked out "American Idol" runner-up Adam Lambert from her birthday party earlier this week for getting too rowdy, according to PopEater.
Lambert wasn't officially invited, UsMagazine says, but rather came as a plus-one for the musical group The Scissor Sisters. Once there, he got a little too crazy, even for Gaga, according to witnesses. The "Bad Romance" singer had her security kick Lambert out, according to reports.
U.S. & World
Gaga is no stranger to having a good time. In a February interview with Anderson Cooper, the singer addressed the substances she uses, saying she's not a "sober human being." Gaga said she drinks and smokes, but not too much, "because it's not good for my voice.
"I'm not a vomit-in-the-club kind of girl," Gaga told CBS.


text: What do you folks think will come of the Saltalamacchia (hereon referred to as Salty) / McCann situation? Does Salty move to 1st and McCann remain behind the plate? Does one of them get dealt? Or do they keep both behind the plate and screw those of us who'd like Salty as a full time catcher on our fantasy teams?


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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Bryan Stow, the San Francisco Giants fan brutally beaten at Dodger Stadium on opening day 2011, attended at Game 2 of the World Series on Thursday night as a guest of the team.
Giants spokeswoman Staci Slaughter said Stow's family has requested privacy. The team did not announce where Stow was watching the game against the Detroit Tigers at AT&T Park.
The Santa Cruz paramedic and father of two is back at the ballpark at last. After he was assaulted outside Dodger Stadium on March 31, 2011, he spent months at a Los Angeles hospital in a medically induced coma. Stow sustained serious brain injuries during the attack.
"We're thrilled to have him here with his family to share in this special occasion," Slaughter said.
The Giants raised more than $70,000 for the Bryan Stow Fund in 2011 alone, with third base coach Tim Flannery also holding two benefit concerts last offseason — with more in the works for this winter in the Bay Area. In fact, Flannery said he still has another check to present to the Stow family.
Pitcher Tim Lincecum gave $25,000 to assist the longtime San Francisco fan in April 2011.
Stow was beaten in a parking lot outside Dodger Stadium after the teams' March 31, 2011, season opener.
The Giants partnered with Stow's employer, American Medical Response, to gather donations at AT&T Park two weeks later during the Dodgers-Giants series opener.
In a rare scene at the start of that series, a player from each team addressed fans before first pitch. Giants reliever Jeremy Affeldt and Dodgers second baseman Jamey Carroll came together for a joint message: This rivalry must stay on the field, without violence and hatred.
The teams gathered on the pitcher's mound to make clear there should be no further acts of violence in this long-standing rivalry. There were no major incidents during the series.
Stow, whose progress is posted by the family on www.support4bryanstow.com , has his sense of humor, his family said in the latest update Oct. 9. They said he cheated at the card game UNO.
"As always, there are good days and not so good days. Despite the extra bone growth he developed, he still is working hard in all his therapies," the update reads. "It is painful for him and he is adamant that his fingers are broken (they aren't) and one time insisted he had a broken foot. His memory is very unpredictable and we don't know what he will remember and what he won't. We imagine that this is something that will be a part of his recovery for a long time."


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EUREKA — Northern California crab fishermen will begin harvesting Dungeness crab after a stalemate over price kept boats at the dock for nearly two weeks.
The Eureka Times-Standard reports (http://bit.ly/1fbWWqL ) that the crabbers dropped their pots on Thursday night after reaching an agreement with wholesalers for $2.65 per pound.
Crab season was scheduled to open Dec. 1, but fishermen balked at the $2.50 per pound being offered. They wanted $3.
Mark McCulloch, a fish monger in Eureka, told the paper that Christmas is one of the busiest crab sales days of the year, and that plenty of the crustaceans should be available.
Fishermen said they were disappointed with the price, but that once a price was set in Oregon's crab fishery they had little choice but to accept the 15-cent increase.
Information from: Times-Standard, http://www.times-standard.com


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You may have come across the situation where you are making a jQuery AJAX GET request to update part of your page with changing content, but it never updates or just returns blank content.
This issue has been around a long time, since first use of Ajax calls via XMLHTTP, but still causes headaches for people trying to debug the problem now.
What it actually comes down to is that the 'Get' call is working correctly, but Internet
Explorer (IE) caches the response, so you never get the updated results from the server.
What are the options:
- 1) Use POST rather than GET – although this is not semantically correct, you should only POST when modifying contents on the server, technically there really is not much difference.
- 2) (Preferred) You can disable caching globally using $.ajaxSetup(), for example:
Setup({ cache: false });This appends a timestamp to the querystring when making the request. To turn cache off for a particular $.ajax() call, set cache: false on it locally, like this:
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IPhone 5S or Samsung S4
The iPhone 5S vs. the Samsung Galaxy S4
The "next best thing" or something for the "forward thinking"? Now that the gold iPhone 5S has arrived, can Apple again claim dominance over Samsung in the smartphone category? The 5S and its colorful compatriot, the iPhone 5C, have replaced the iPhone 5, and Apple's hoping the 5S, the premium iPhone model, will have you sweeping right past Samsung's futuristic Galaxy S4 when it's time to renew your mobile contract.
With its 64-bit desktop-class processor, the iPhone 5S should have you scrolling at lightning speed. But the features of the Galaxy S4 are a tempting lure to the Android side. The S4 has a bigger screen for watching all those cat videos, higher resolution for when you move from cat videos to TV shows, and a higher resolution front and back camera for when you need to share precious pictures of your cats.
The iPhone 5S is priced competitively against the S4; the new Apple phone is $199 for a 16GB device on a two-year contract at many carriers, as is the Galaxy S4. While Apple added features like slo-mo, burst mode, and square cropping to the camera, the Galaxy S4 can erase unwanted objects in a photo without uploading to an editing app, plus a dual camera mode can use both onboard cameras at once during something like a video call.
Gadget companies are still trying to figure out how to make a product that people want, but not make the customers into walking beacons for thieves. With its fingerprint recognition technology built into the home button of the 5S, Apple is a leader in using biometric data to deter theft because many consumers don't use passcodes on the phones.
So while the Apple iPhone 5S has flash in its golden hue and processing speed, the Galaxy S4 has the features you're dreaming of in a smartphone. For those who can't move past iOS, especially when iOS 7 is around the corner, the 5S is essential, but when it comes to bells, whistles, and overall value, it's the Galaxy S4 you want.
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For Apple, 2006 marked a significant shift in the server market. In August, it announced the imminent arrival of its first Intel-based servers (now shipping) and combined its four categories of Xserve servers into one base configuration with almost unlimited flavors.
"When you add up all the possible options, it comes to over a million different versions potentially," says Alex Grossman, senior director of server and storage hardware at Apple Computer. "This is by far our most configurable server offering ever."
Gone are the old single-processor, dual-, cluster-node and ultimate models. Apple has replaced them with what it is calling an all-quad line up, which in reality means dual-processor and dual-core. While the base price of a single processor Xserve was $3,000 before, the same amount now buys four cores.
Customers pick and choose the power characteristics of the processor (e.g., the amount of memory and type of drive) to build the kind of machine they want, rather than being stuck with, for example, the old cluster node model that Apple formerly offered as a dual-processor 2.3 GHz 64-bit PowerPC G5. This 1U box had 512 RAM, 80 GB SATA drives and 10 MAC OS X licenses. In practice, customers found these specs restrictive. Some wanted more power, greater memory or other highly specific requirements. As a result, Apple now lets them dictate what they want for each node in a cluster.
What about the single processor version? Is its retirement from the roster a temporary affair?
"The single processor model is not coming back," says Grossman. "It just doesn't have the performance characteristics that people are looking for these days."
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During the course of 2006, Apple gradually rolled out Intel chips across its product line. The last one to receive the makeover was the Xserve. Although the boxes were announced in August, they first started going out the door a month or so ago.
"We are shipping servers that are five times faster than those we sold a couple of months ago," says Grossman.
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He reached this number by comparing a dual-processor 2.3 GHz PowerPC G5 processor with an Intel Xeon dual-processor dual-core 3.0 Ghz chip. Most SPECint rate tests by the Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation (SPEC), he says, showed a 5X gain in the new server, although he admits a couple of metrics pegged it at 3.6X.
Apple gives its customers a choice of 2.0 GHz, 2.66 GHz or 3.0 GHz dual-core Xeon. The new 1U Xserve supports up to 32GB of 667 MHz DDR2 ECC FB-DIMM and fully-buffered DIMMs.
"The timing of the move to Intel on the server side was just right," says Grossman. "We have experienced brisk ordering."
Something Old, Something New
Those with environments built around the old Xserve were told in August that the box would be available for purchase until the first Xeon-based models shipped. The company received plenty of orders and ran out before the first Intel models made their way into UPS trucks.
Anyone fearing the worst from such a significant shift in direction, however, shouldn't be overly concerned. Apple was smart enough to make the two models integrate well. Mac OS version 10.4 (known as Tiger) functions on both platforms. All of its management tools do the same, although the newer machines offer extended remote lights out management capabilities.
"It's easy to mix and match the old Xserves with the new," says Grossman.
While the front end looks very much the same, the designers pretty much ripped everything else out. It now includes independent 1.33 GHz front-side buses with 4MB of shared L2 cache. According to Grossman, the latest Xserve delivers up to four times the I/O bandwidth and up to three times the memory bandwidth.
Further features have been added, such as quick deployment rails for easier rack mounting, a preinstalled unlimited client edition of MAC OS 10.4 Tiger, more power and cooling sensors (more than 100 sensors, up from 38 in the old Xserve), and an internal graphics card that can drive up to a 23-inch display. An optional ATI Radeon X1300 256MB PCI Express graphics card is available for professional graphics and video applications.
Storage Shift
On the surface, Apple has changed nothing on its storage front. Its Xserve RAID boxes are the same as those offered at the beginning of the year, but the storage capabilities inside Xserve have been upgraded.
"We've doubled the storage bandwidth of the Xserve G5," says Grossman.
The Xserve G5 offered three ATA hard drives, with each being a maximum of 500 GB. Previously, Apple's storage options were limited. The Xeon-based models, on the other hand, have entry-level 80 GB SATA drives, ranging up to 750 GB. Faster (15000 rpm) SAS drives can also be selected. They range from 73 GB to 300 GB.
Users can chose a combination of SAS and SATA drives in the one box. This moves the Xserve capacity from 1.5 TB to 2.25 TB.
"As we own the OS, the drivers and the hardware, we have been able to optimize storage performance," says Grossman. "Two 8-lane PCI Express expansion slots provide up to 2GB/s of throughput."
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Although the new Xserve uses the same Tiger operating system, it has been improved to add more 64-bit features technically, it is now known as Mac OS version 10.47 (aka Tiger). The next version, 10.5 (aka Leopard), is due out in the spring. It will include calendaring software called iCal, more robust search capabilities, and Wiki server features.
For $2,999, a base configuration Xserve includes two 2.0 GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon processors with 1GB RAM, a single 80GB 3Gb/s SATA hard drive, dual Gigabit Ethernet on-board, internal graphics, three FireWire 800 and two USB 2.0 ports, and an unlimited client license of Mac OS X Server version 10.4 Tiger.
But that isn't the model customers are ordering, says Grossman. The initial burst of orders tended to focus on the high-end a 3 GHz dual-core processor, and as much as 32 GB RAM.
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The bank stock surge continues.
Investors, high on pledges from the European Central Bank to buy more sovereign bonds and better-than-expected U.S. employment numbers, grew euphoric on what those moves could mean for banks' profits.
Bank stocks, including JPMorgan Chase (JPM), Bank of America (BAC), Goldman Sachs (GS), and Citigroup (C), shot up roughly 4% Thursday.
It was also a hot topic on StockTwits, where at least one tweeter was keen to point out that where the ECB goes, bank stocks follow.
Stevez1: $SPY once again nearly every so called rally comes from the same Draghi (aka $GS in drag) news. Rinse and repeat at will between Thurs/Fri:)
Not everyone was quite as euphoric....and with good reason. Actions speak louder than words and last I checked, Europe's debt crisis was far from over.
Branche37: Be cautious about Draghi's promises. He may exceed its powers for not being the germans muppet. He was at $GS. He knows well what's a muppet
Even with that dose of caution, investors were piling into financials.
Templec4: huge volume in the banks this morning notably $C, $BAC, $WFC,$JPM.
leopardtrader: Keep eyes on Financials on this strong move. could last for several days with new highs on $SPX $SPY $GS
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TODAY'S GAME: Tonight, the Bisons are in Rochester for game one of a four-game series against the Red Wings from Frontier Field (7:05 p.m.). Tonight's game opens an eight-game roadtrip as the Herd will also travel to Lehigh Valley, April 30 – May 3. The Bisons are coming off an eight-game homestand that featured four-game splits with the Red Wings and the IronPigs.
VS. RED WINGS: The Bisons and Red Wings split their four-game series last week that included a doubleheader sweep by both teams. Rochester took two on April 19 with the Herd sweeping a pair on April 21. Last season, the Bisons swept a pair of two-game sets at Frontier Field and were 6-2 against the Red Wings in their home ballpark.
NOTHING NIEU: OF KIRK NIEUWENHUIS extended his hit streak in a loud way yesterday. The outfielder hit his third home run of the year and now has hit in an International League-best 15 games. It's the longest streak for a Bisons since INF JAVIER CASTILLO hit in 16 straight in 2009. Nieuwenhuis has averaged .385 (20-52) since the streak began on April 11. Nieuwenhuis is the only player in the International League to have reached base in all of his team's games (19).
ROSTER MOVE: RHP D.J. CARRASCO has joined the Herd today after being optioned from New York. The righty was 0-1 with a 5.23ERA in seven games with the Mets. OF JESUS FELICIANO has also be promoted from Double-A Binghamton after hitting .324 (11-34) in eight games with the B-Mets. To make room, RHP DYLAN OWEN and RHP MANNY ALVAREZ have been transferred from Buffalo to Binghamton.
HEATING UP: INF LUIS HERNANDEZ is read hot after his slow start with the team. The infielder started 0-17 with the Bisons, but has hit .389 (7-18) in a five-game hit streak since. Yesterday, Hernandez drove home a pair of runs with a bases loaded single in the Herd's four-run sixth inning.
HOT TEJADA: INF RUBEN TEJADA has driven in seven runs in his last five games and now leads the team with 12RBI. Tejada has hit in five straight with a .381 batting average (8-21) over the stretch.
METS UPDATE: The Mets (9-13) were off yesterday, one day after completing a three-game sweep of the Diamondbacks. New York is in Washington tonight for the start of a three-game set against the Nationals. Activated off the disabled list, RHP CHRIS YOUNG will start for the Mets.


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A suburban mother who lost her son to gun violence less than three months ago will be Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky's guest at Tuesday's State of the Union address.
Carolyn Murray of Evanston, whose 19-year-old son Justin was shot in front of his grandmother's Evanston home Nov. 29, has long been a proponent of gun control, participating in area gun buyback programs and candlelight vigils years before Justin's death.
Now, she says, she is even more determined to "keep focused on the fact that this violence and these (gun control) laws are insufficient."
When the idea was brought up to House Democrats about giving a seat to someone impacted by gun violence, Schakowsky said Murray "came to mind right away. Someone who not only as a mom lost a child to gun violence, but has really transformed pain into power."
Justin's death came after he made a surprise visit home from San Diego, where he had been living, to see his mother. Police have described his death as part of an ongoing conflict, but Carolyn Murray says her son was not involved in a gang, and points out that his behavior did not fit into such a pattern, nor did he have a record of prior arrests.
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"We continue to work diligently on the case, the investigation continues, but to put together a homicide case in a no-snitch environment is horrifically difficult." Chief Richard Eddington said.
Murray has met with the Cook County state's attorney's office and spoken with Schakowsky, an Evanston Democrat, in the belief that police are not taking the case seriously enough.
Schakowsky – whose 9th Congressional District stretches west from the North Shore to include much of Arlington Heights – said she believes women will be a driving force in the nation's gun control debate.
"There's a real gender gap in terms of really wanting something done at the federal level to prevent gun violence," Schakowsky said. "Women are far ahead of men on this issue. Women are concerned about their families. That crosses party lines, that crosses economic lines."
Schakowsky, who sits on the House Democratic Gun Violence Task Force, is one of a number of members of the Illinois delegation who have stepped forward on the issue. Fellow House Democrat Brad Schneider has held local gun control round tables in the 10th Congressional District, and U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk has introduced bipartisan gun trafficking legislation.


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NEW ORLEANS — San Francisco 49ers cornerback Chris Culliver apologized Thursday for anti-gay comments he made to a comedian during Super Bowl media day, saying "that's not what I feel in my heart."
"I'm sorry if I offended anyone. They were very ugly comments," Culliver said during an hour-long media session. "Hopefully I learn and grow from this experience and this situation."
He said he would welcome a gay teammate to the 49ers, a reversal of his remarks to Artie Lange two days earlier during an interview at the Superdome.
"I treat everyone equal," Culliver said. "That's not how I feel."
He added that he realized his comments were especially offensive to many people in San Francisco and the Bay Area, which is home to a large gay community.
"I love San Francisco," Culliver said.
During the interview with Lange, Culliver responded to questions by saying he wouldn't welcome a gay player in the locker room. He also said the 49ers didn't have any gay players, and if they did those players should leave.
San Francisco coach Jim Harbaugh met privately with Culliver to discuss the remarks.
"I reject what he said," Harbaugh said. "That's not something that reflects the way the organization feels, the way the rest of the players feel."
The coach would not discuss if Culliver would face discipline from the team, such as a fine or loss of playing time.
"He pledged to grow from it," Harbaugh said.
The interview began with Lange asking Culliver about his sexual plans with women during Super Bowl week. Lange followed up with a question about whether Culliver would consider pursuing a gay man.
"I don't do the gay guys, man. I don't do that," Culliver said during the one-minute taped interview. "Ain't got no gay people on the team. They gotta get up outta here if they do. Can't be with that sweet stuff."
Lange asked Culliver to reiterate his thoughts, to which the player said, "It's true." He added he wouldn't welcome a gay teammate — no matter how talented.
"Nah. Can't be … in the locker room, nah," he said. "You've gotta come out 10 years later after that."
The 24-year-old Culliver, a third-round draft pick in 2011 out of South Carolina, made 47 tackles with two interceptions and a forced fumble this season while starting six games for the NFC champion Niners (13-4-1).
He had his first career postseason interception in San Francisco's 28-24 win at Atlanta for the NFC title.
The 49ers participate in the NFL's "It Gets Better" anti-bullying campaign. Three organizations working for LGBT inclusion in sports — Athlete Ally, You Can Play, and GLAAD — reacted to Culliver's remarks and later acknowledged his apology.
"Chris Culliver's comments were disrespectful, discriminatory and dangerous, particularly for the young people who look up to him," said Athlete Ally Executive Director Hudson Taylor. "His words underscore the importance of the athlete ally movement and the key role that professional athletes play in shaping an athletic climate that affirms and includes gay and lesbian players."
Calling Lange's questions "real disrespectful," Culliver said he realized he was speaking to a comedian and not a journalist.
"That was pretty much in a joking manner," the player said. "It's nothing about how I feel."


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With Halloween around the corner, now is the time to try some DIY crafts at home. Making holiday decorations at home can be a less expensive, more appealing option than store bought decorations. You can use simple items at home to make fun, spooky Halloween crafts.
6 Must-Try Halloween Crafts
Whether you are hosting a Halloween party or you simply enjoy showing your festive spirit, these six crafts will make your home a delightful spot for any trick-or-treater or party guest to visit.
Halloween Garland
First, try these simple Halloween garland printables. Print the template, punch a small hole on each side, and string the bats and ghosts together with twine to spruce up your walls for the holiday. For best results, use a cutting machine to save time and to get a more precise cutout.
"Boo" Tea Light Set
Another simple craft idea is the Halloween "Boo" Tea Light Set. After using a die cut machine to make pumpkin and bat shapes, glue them to a decorated paper bag. Inside, place a battery operated tea light. The result is an adorable, rustic tea light set for your front porch or the interior of your home.
Ombre Pumpkins
You can get beautiful results from painting pumpkins. Check out some strategies on making paint that goes seamlessly from color to color and shade to shade in this article on how to make DIY Ombre Pumpkins. By layering rings of color, you can make vibrant, gorgeous pumpkins to brighten up your Halloween decor.
Sugar Skull
Add decoration to the inexpensive holiday decor you find in the store. For example, plain white bone-colored skulls are easy to find around Halloween time. You can turn a basic prop into fun party decor, such as this DIY sugar skull. With some paint and a couple additions (a spider on the forehead and jewels at the eyes), the skull becomes a centerpiece rather than something to place in the corner.
Cheesecloth Ghost
Next, create a cheesecloth ghost. This is a simple craft to make with some cheesecloth, waxed paper, a jar, sticks or straws, and liquid starch. Whether you place this out as a tabletop piece or add string to the top to hang some from trees, these little ghosts are so adorable that they shouldn't frighten your youngest guests.
Bug Jar Craft
Finally, check out this bug jar craft. There are two basic steps. First, add water as well as green and yellow food coloring. Next, place a few creepy, plastic bugs into a mason jar. It's that simple!
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Cristina is Blandine Clausing's replacement. Prior to moving to California, Cristina worked at the College of Law Library at Florida International University, Miami, Florida from 2008-2013. She has a B.S. in Criminal Justice from the same university. Cristina brings a wealth of experience to her position at Swain.
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The Brooklyn Heights student, who attends Packer Collegiate Institute, started cross-country running when he was a junior. It was something that clicked instantly after he ran track in the 9th grade.
"I found that I could be a pretty good runner," he said. "From there it has been incredible - the ride I've been on."
In the last year, Owens managed to knock his running time down by 40 seconds – a success for long-distance runners where time is crucial and 9 seconds can make a difference between winning a race one year and coming in second the next.
In November, Owens competed in the Footlocker Northeast Regional cross-country race where he came in sixth. The position led him to the 32nd Annual Foot Locker Cross Country National Championships.
The races happen every year and are held in various regions of the U.S to gather the top cross-country runners for the championships, held in San Diego.
Owens competed in the championships this past Saturday and came in eighth.
"It was a lot of fun and a really interesting race," he said. "I pushed harder than I've ever pushed before."
Although he felt he could have ran smarter, he is glad to have made it to a national championship considering that he is new to the scene.
Not only a top runner, Owens is also a top student. His parents can be proud that he has secured a spot in Princeton next fall. The senior plans to study Engineering, although he's not sure what type. And despite the demands of the major, he is set on continuing to run by joining Princeton's cross country team.
Running is an easy sport to spot improvement – something that keeps him going.
"That consistent improvement, bettering your level of competition from team level to best in league, to best in city, best in state and now one of the best in the country - that motivates me."


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The schema.xml file contains all of the details about which fields your documents can contain, and how those fields should be dealt with when adding documents to the index, or when querying those fields.
Analysis for Multiterm queries can be separately specified, see: Multiterm Query Analysis, which handles automatically lowercasing wildcard queries under most circumstances. Solr3.6 Solr4.0
A sample Solr schema.xml with detailed comments can be found in the Source Repository.
- Data Types
- Fields
- Miscellaneous Settings
Data Types
The <types> section allows you to define a list of <fieldtype> declarations you wish to use in your schema, along with the underlying Solr class that should be used for that type, as well as the default options you want for fields that use that type.
Any subclass of FieldType may be used as a field type class, using either its full package name, or the "solr" alias if it is in the default Solr package. For common numeric types (integer, float, etc...) there are multiple implementations provided depending on your needs, please see SolrPlugins for information on how to ensure that your own custom Field Types can be loaded into Solr.
- Common options that field types can have are...
omitTermFreqAndPositions=true|false Solr1.4
omitPositions=true|false Solr3.4
autoGeneratePhraseQueries=true|false (in schema version 1.4 and later this now defaults to false)
postingsFormat=<name of a postings format> Solr4.0, only works if you use a codec factory that is schema-aware such as SchemaCodecFactory. Please note that the postings formats used in a fieldType definition need to be in any of Solr lib directories. (For example, some useful (but unsupported) postings formats are available in the lucene-codecs JAR.). For detailed instructions on how to configure SimpleTextCodec, see: SimpleTextCodec Example
TextFields can also support Analyzers with highly configurable Tokenizers and Token Filters.
Field types that store text (TextField, StrField) support compression of stored contents:
compression support was removed in 1.4.1. There are (untested) patches for 3.x in https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SOLR-752.
compressThreshold is the minimum length required for text compression to be invoked. This applies only if compressed=true; a common pattern is to set compressThreshold on the field type definition, and turn compression on and off in the individual field definitions.
The <fields> section is where you list the individual <field> declarations you wish to use in your documents. Each <field> has a name that you will use to reference it when adding documents or executing searches, and an associated type which identifies the name of the fieldtype you wish to use for this field. There are various field options that apply to a field. These can be set in the field type declarations, and can also be overridden at an individual field's declaration. Field names should consist of alphanumeric or underscore characters only and not start with a digit. This is not currently strictly enforced, but other field names will not have first class support from all components and back compatibility is not guaranteed. Names with both leading and trailing underscores (e.g. _version_) are reserved.
Recommended fields
While these fields aren't strictly mandatory (Solr will run if you remove them fully), Bad Things happen in some situations if they aren't defined. We recommend that you leave these fields alone. If you don't use them, there's no appreciable penalty.
id - Almost all Solr installations have this field defined as the <uniqueKey> (see below).
_version_ Solr4.0 - This field is used for optimistic locking in SolrCloud and it enables Real Time Get. If you remove it you must also remove the transaction logging from solrconfig.xml, see Real Time Get.
Common field options
Common options that fields can have are...
- The default value for this field if none is provided while adding documents
- True if this field should be "indexed". If (and only if) a field is indexed, then it is searchable, sortable, and facetable.
True if the value of the field should be retrievable during a search, or if you're using highlighting or MoreLikeThis.
- True if this field may contain multiple values per document, i.e. if it can appear multiple times in a document
- This is arguably an advanced option.
- Set to true to omit the norms associated with this field (this disables length normalization and index-time boosting for the field, and saves some memory). Only full-text fields or fields that need an index-time boost need norms.
termVectors=false|true <?> Solr 1.1
- If set, include full term vector info.
- If enabled, often also used with termPositions="true" and termOffsets="true".
To use interactively, requires TermVectorComponent
- Corresponds to TV button in Luke, and V field attribute.
omitTermFreqAndPositions=true|false Solr1.4
If set, omit term freq, positions and payloads from postings for this field. This can be a performance boost for fields that don't require that information and reduces storage space required for the index. Queries that rely on position that are issued on a field with this option fail with an exception. Prior to Solr4.0 the queries would silently fail to find documents.
omitPositions=true|false Solr3.4
- If set, omits positions, but keeps term frequencies
See also FieldOptionsByUseCase, which discusses how these options should be set in various circumstances. See SolrPerformanceFactors for how different options can affect Solr performance.
Dynamic fields
One of the powerful features of Lucene is that you don't have to pre-define every field when you first create your index. Even though Solr provides strong datatyping for fields, it still preserves that flexibility using "Dynamic Fields". Using <dynamicField> declarations, you can create field rules that Solr will use to understand what datatype should be used whenever it is given a field name that is not explicitly defined, but matches a prefix or suffix used in a dynamicField.
For example the following dynamic field declaration tells Solr that whenever it sees a field name ending in "_i" which is not an explicitly defined field, then it should dynamically create an integer field with that name...
<dynamicField name="*_i" type="integer" indexed="true" stored="true"/>
The glob-like pattern in the name attribute must have a "*" only at the start or the end. Longer patterns will be matched first. if equal size patterns both match, the first appearing in the schema will be used.
Indexing same data in multiple fields
Note that, with textual data, it will often make sense to take what's logically speaking a single field (e.g. product name) and index it into several different Solr fields, each with different field options and/or analyzers.
As an example, if I had a field with a list of authors, such as:
Schildt, Herbert; Wolpert, Lewis; Davies, P.
I might want to index the same data differently in three different fields (perhaps using the Solr copyField directive):
- For searching: Tokenized, case-folded, punctuation-stripped:
- schildt / herbert / wolpert / lewis / davies / p
- For sorting: Untokenized, case-folded, punctuation-stripped:
- schildt herbert wolpert lewis davies p
For faceting: Primary author only, using a solr.StringField:
- Schildt, Herbert
(See also SolrFacetingOverview.)
Expert field options
The storage of Lucene term vectors can be triggered using the following field options:
These options can be used to accelerate highlighting and other ancillary functionality, but impose a substantial cost in terms of index size. They are not necessary for typical uses of Solr (phrase queries, etc., do not require these settings to be present).
Miscellaneous Settings
In addition to the <types> and <fields> sections of the schema, there are several other declarations that can appear in your schema.
The Unique Key Field
The <uniqueKey> declaration can be used to inform Solr that there is a field in your index which should be unique for all documents. If a document is added that contains the same value for this field as an existing document, the old document will be deleted.
It is not mandatory for a schema to have a uniqueKey field, but an overwhelming majority of them do. It shouldn't matter whether you rename this to something else (and change the <uniqueKey> value), but occasionally it has in the past. We recommend that you just leave this definition alone.
Note that if you have enabled the QueryElevationComponent in solrconfig.xml it requires the schema to have a uniqueKey of type StrField. It cannot be, for example, an int field.
The Default Search Field
The <defaultSearchField> is used by Solr when parsing queries to identify which field name should be searched in queries where an explicit field name has not been used. It is preferable to not use or rely on this setting; instead the request handler or query LocalParams for a search should specify the default field(s) to search on. This setting here can be omitted and it is being considered for deprecation.
Default query parser operator
The default operator used by Solr's query parser (SolrQueryParser) can be configured with <solrQueryParser defaultOperator="AND|OR"/>. The default operator is "OR" if unspecified. It is preferable to not use or rely on this setting; instead the request handler or query LocalParams should specify the default operator. This setting here can be omitted and it is being considered for deprecation.
Copy Fields
Any number of <copyField> declarations can be included in your schema, to instruct Solr that you want it to duplicate any data it sees in the "source" field of documents that are added to the index, in the "dest" field of that document. You are responsible for ensuring that the datatypes of the fields are compatible. The original text is sent from the "source" field to the "dest" field, before any configured analyzers for the originating or destination field are invoked.
This is provided as a convenient way to ensure that data is put into several fields, without needing to include the data in the update command multiple times. The copy is done at the stream source level and no copy feeds into another copy. The maxChars property may be used in a copyField declaration. This simply limits the number of characters copied. For example:
<copyField source="body" dest="teaser" maxChars="300"/>
A common requirement is to copy or merge all input fields into a single solr field. This can be done as follows:-
<copyField source="*" dest="text"/>
You can also automatically generate new field names by including an asterisk in both the source and destination fields. For example, if you have the following copyField directive:
<copyField source="*_t" dest="*_t_facet" />
and then submit a field called author_t, the field's value will also be copied to another field called author_t_facet, where the word "author" was matched by the original asterisk in the source attribute, and then that pattern's match text was used to generate the destination field name, via the asterisk in the destination attribute *_t_facet, which serves as a field name template.
See also Copying Fields in the new Apache Solr Reference Guide
A (global) <similarity> declaration can be used to specify a custom Similarity implementation that you want Solr to use when dealing with your index. A Similarity can be specified either by referring directly to the name of a class with a no-arg constructor...
<similarity class="org.apache.lucene.search.similarities.DefaultSimilarity"/>
...or by referencing a SimilarityFactory implementation, which may take optional init params....
<similarity class="solr.DFRSimilarityFactory"> <str name="basicModel">P</str> <str name="afterEffect">L</str> <str name="normalization">H2</str> <float name="c">7</float> </similarity>
Begining with Solr4.0, Similarity factories such as SchemaSimilarityFactory can also support specifying specific Similarity implementations on individual field types...
<types> <fieldType name="text_dfr" class="solr.TextField"> <analyzer class="org.apache.lucene.analysis.standard.StandardAnalyzer"/> <similarity class="solr.DFRSimilarityFactory"> <str name="basicModel">I(F)</str> <str name="afterEffect">B</str> <str name="normalization">H2</str> </similarity> </fieldType> <fieldType name="text_ib" class="solr.TextField"> <analyzer class="org.apache.lucene.analysis.standard.StandardAnalyzer"/> <similarity class="solr.IBSimilarityFactory"> <str name="distribution">SPL</str> <str name="lambda">DF</str> <str name="normalization">H2</str> </similarity> </fieldType> ... </types> <similarity class="solr.SchemaSimilarityFactory"/>
If no (global) <similarity> is configured in the schema.xml file, an implicit instance of DefaultSimilarityFactory is used.
Poly Field Types
Some FieldTypes can be "poly" field types. A Poly FieldType is one that can potentially create multiple Fields per "declared" field. Some examples include the LatLonType and PointType, both which use multiple indexed fields internally to represent what the user sees as a single value (e.g. "35.9,-79.0"). Another example is CurrencyField which indexes the value and currency symbol separately (e.g. "10,USD").
See the example schema, SpatialSearch and CurrencyField for more info on using these field types.
Schema version attribute in the root node
For the up-to-date documentation, see example example schema shipped with Solr
<schema name="example" version="1.5"> <!-- attribute "name" is the name of this schema and is only used for display purposes. version="x.y" is Solr's version number for the schema syntax and semantics. It should not normally be changed by applications. 1.0: multiValued attribute did not exist, all fields are multiValued by nature 1.1: multiValued attribute introduced, false by default 1.2: omitTermFreqAndPositions attribute introduced, true by default except for text fields. 1.3: removed optional field compress feature 1.4: autoGeneratePhraseQueries attribute introduced to drive QueryParser behavior when a single string produces multiple tokens. Defaults to off for version >= 1.4 1.5: omitNorms defaults to true for primitive field types (int, float, boolean, string...) -->
See also Upgrade / Migrate Solr 3.x to Solr 4
- Perhaps make a DTD for the schema.
- Talk about omitNorms and positionIncrementGap wrt text fields
check whether defaultSearchField is also used by the DisMaxRequestHandler and not only by the StandardRequestHandler


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OAKLAND, Calif. - Josh Donaldson never had a game-ending hit in one of Oakland's major league-high 14 walk-off wins last year.
His opposite-field home run with one out in the 12th inning Friday night extended the Athletics' winning streak to nine games with a 4-3 victory over the Detroit Tigers in a rematch of their playoff series last fall.
Donaldson's drive to right off Brayan Villarreal (0-2) was his first career game-ending hit.
'It was fun. This team has a bunch of great guys here and lots of players with the capability to win games,' Donaldson said. 'I never had a walk-off last year. Obviously it's special for me this year.'
And in typical fashion for the reigning AL West champions, Josh Reddick found Donaldson with a pair of celebratory whipped cream pies - a scene reminiscent of those 14 walk-off wins last year.
Prince Fielder homered and had four hits for the Tigers, who beat Oakland in a five-game AL division series last season on their way to the World Series.
Ramon Santiago hit a two-out triple in the top of the 12th before Chris Resop (1-0) relieved Jerry Blevins and retired Austin Jackson on a fly to center.
The A's improved to an AL-best 9-2, just the third time in Oakland history the club has opened at least 9-2, also done in 1981 (11-0) and 1990 (9-2).
Only the Atlanta Braves at 9-1 have a better record than Oakland.
'We're trying to go out there and win a lot of games right now,' Donaldson said.
Fielder hit a three-run shot and Max Scherzer struck out 11, but the Tigers didn't get enough from the bottom of their batting order. The last five hitters went a combined 2 for 25.
Reddick, Oakland's right fielder, received his Gold Glove before the game, and showed it off with a leaping catch of Victor Martinez's deep fly to start the ninth.
Coco Crisp hit a tying, broken-bat single in the seventh but was replaced in the field in the top of the 10th after straining his left groin.
Fielder connected for his third home run with a drive to center in the third. He singled in the first and led off the sixth with a double, then singled again in the 11th. Fielder had two four-hit games last season.
Oakland hasn't lost since dropping its first two games of the year at home to Seattle.
The A's, coming off a 6-0 road trip through Houston and Anaheim, accomplished the 14th winning streak of nine games or more in Oakland history. They also have the second-longest winning streak in Oakland history during the month of April.
Tigers catcher Alex Avila was hit in the helmet on a backswing when Brandon Moss struck out in the eighth but stayed in the game after being examined. Moss was called for interference on the play and Yoenis Cespedes had to return to first.
Cespedes was then picked off for the third out, and landed hard on his left hand after a tumbling slide on the play. He was removed in the 11th, and X-rays on his hand were negative.
'We'll see how he is tomorrow,' manager Bob Melvin said.
Arriving in California was a relief for the Tigers, who were coming off an 11-1 victory at home over the Blue Jays in which the first-pitch temperature was 35 degrees and the wind chill took it down to 26. Friday's temperature: 59 degrees.
'That's the proudest I've been of a team on any particular day I've ever managed,' manager Jim Leyland said Friday. 'Weather conditions were as bad as I've ever played in, managed in, or right up there with the all-time worst.'
On Saturday afternoon, Tigers ace Justin Verlander faces lefty Brett Anderson. Verlander won the deciding Game 5 in Oakland last fall and the Tigers went on to sweep the Yankees in the AL championship series before getting swept by San Francisco in the World Series.
Reddick hit an RBI single in the sixth to pull his team to 3-2. Scherzer struck out the next three batters on 11 pitches.
Bartolo Colon struck out five and didn't walk a batter in seven innings while making his first home start since being suspended 50 games last Aug. 22 for a positive testosterone test.
Colon is 0-7 over his last 13 appearances and 12 starts against Detroit and hasn't beaten the Tigers since April 13, 2003.
Scherzer struck out the side in the sixth, his final inning. He allowed two runs and five hits with one walk.
'They caught up and finally won with a home run. We've got no complaints about that,' Leyland said.
The Tigers committed their first error of the season in the third when Scherzer threw wildly past Miguel Cabrera at third trying to catch Eric Sogard stealing. Sogard scored on the play.
Crisp extended his hitting streak to nine games with a first-inning bunt single, then stole his third and fourth bases of the year.
NOTES: Former Tigers closer Jose Valverde, who agreed to a minor league deal with Detroit last week, pitched one scoreless inning at extended spring training in Lakeland, Fla., against the Braves. He struck out one and walked one. ... The Tigers were one of only two AL clubs the A's had losing records against last year, dropping the season series 4-3. Oakland lost the series with Kansas City 5-4. ... Oakland had eight hits, the first time in nine games the A's didn't get 10 or more.


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"Yeah, but like Christian atheist?"
People have actually said that? WOW!!!
From what you've said, I can state that you're among the luckier ones, that had gotten over the god problem pretty early, and that had support from someone close (your mother).
There is less fire and rebellion to becoming an atheist, which can be a bit dull, but perhaps it is making it more accessible for those who are losing their faith.
When I finally realised that I can't believe in (a) god anymore, it didn't felt like I was doing something rebellious at all. It was very normal and right, and it felt like I was supposed to do that a long time ago. The main feeling was relief. So I guess you're right, it is a bit dull, especially after a while. But that doesn't mean it's necessarily a bad thing. It slowly becomes something normal, natural, just another part of you.
From a similarly zero religiosity background, frankly the only change I have experienced myself is the entry of my atheism into the political sphere.
-I used to think religion could be a personal affair, I now see that as false.
-I used to abide by the mantra "freedom of religion" and now feel that's an oxymoron.


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This recipe has been featured in a post on The Recipe Girl blog: Pumpkin Snickerdoodles
Pumpkin Snickerdoodles
Prep Time: 25 min (plus chill time)
Cook Time: 10 min
1 cup (2 sticks) salted butter, at room temperature
1 cup granulated white sugar
1/2 cup light brown sugar
3/4 cup pure unsweetened pumpkin puree
1 large egg
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
3 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 cup granulated white sugar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
1/2 teaspoon allspice
1. In a large bowl, use an electric mixer to cream the butter until fluffy. Add sugars and pumpkin puree and beat well. Mix in egg and vanilla, scraping down sides of the bowl to incorporate all of the ingredients.
2. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, salt and ground cinnamon. Beat flour mixture into liquid mixture a little at a time just until incorporated.
3. Cover dough with plastic and chill at least an hour, or until dough becomes slightly firm.
4. When ready to bake, preheat oven to 350°F. Line baking sheets with parchment paper (or spray with nonstick spray). Mix rolling sugar ingredients in a small bowl.
5. Remove cookie dough from refrigerator. Use a medium cookie scoop (1 1/2 Tablespoons) or a large spoon to scoop out dough and roll into balls. Use your hands to roll the balls in the cinnamon sugar and make sure they're coated really well. Place 2 inches apart on the prepared baking sheets. Use a glass with a nice, flat bottom to dip in sugar and flatten the balls.
6. Bake at 350°F. for 10 to 14 minutes, or until they are slightly firm to the touch. Let cool on baking sheets for 5 minutes or so, then remove them to a wire rack to cool completely.
*Store in an airtight container. These cookies freeze well too. Place them in freezer zip bag and remove from freezer when the craving hits.
Source: RecipeGirl.com (Adapted from dlynz.com)